10 dinosaur museums that'll curdle your DNA

Jurassic Park is hitting theaters in 3D this month, reintroducing the man-meets-dinosaur disaster to a new generation 20 years after its premiere.

While scientists have yet to resurrect the terrible lizards from mosquito DNA, there are plenty of museums worldwide that bring humans face to face with dinosaurs, and not always just their skeletons, in a variety of ways.

4. National Dinosaur Museum, Canberra, Australia

Which came first, the dinosaur or the egg?

This is the place to explore prehistory in Australia. The place has the country's largest collection of dinosaur fossils.

Alongside fossils, bones and impressive footprints from all sorts of animals and beasts, the museum features a garden with imposing dinosaur sculptures and animatronics inside that add a bit of Spielberg magic to displays.

Fossil digs, children’s learning events and free weekend tours help attract 200,000 people a year, making it one of the area’s biggest tourist attractions.

6. Wyoming Dinosaur Center, Wyoming, U.S.A.

See the bones, then dig them up yourself.

This museum's standout attraction is a 106-foot Supersaurus, one of the longest dinosaurs in the world.

The museum has acquired the most complete archaeopteryx in the world (after the one in Berlin) and boasts skeletons of Triceratops, Stegosaurus and Velociraptor, among others in all sorts of dynamic poses.

The real draw is getting to talk with real paleontologists, like those who inspired Alan Grant’s character in "Jurassic Park."

All ages are invited to “dig for a day” by signing up to participate in excursions to one of the world’s richest bone fields, just down the street.

9. Jurassic Land, Istanbul

Like Jurassic Park, but different.

Opened in 2011, Jurassic Land is as close as you’ll get to fleeing dinosaurs alongside Sam Neil and Laura Dern.

One part education, another part entertainment, the 10,000-square-meter experience mixes skeletons and fossils with writhing animatronic dinosaurs in an Ingen-esque setting, including a “veterinarian” taking care of an injured Stegosaurus and egg incubators.

While Spielberg may not have given his blessing, the center does offer a creative and engaging educational experience for children, though connoisseurs may question the seemingly anachronistic placing of a Spinosaurus next to a Triceratops.

10. Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta

The true giants of the prehistoric world may have been unearthed in Patagonia, but you have to go to Atlanta to see them on display.

The Giants of the Mesozoic exhibit features the carnivorous Gigantosaurus, which rivaled the T. rex in size, as well as the Argentinosaurus, the 100-ton sauropod that scientists say is the largest dinosaur ever classified.

A flock of more than 20 pterosaurs glides overhead. The museum also offers a glimpse into prehistoric Georgia, with murals and life-sized dinosaur models.